Rana al-Tonsi

Rana al-Tonsi is an Egyptian writer and poet.

Early life Al-Tonsi was born on 27 November 1981 in Cairo and attended the American University in Cairo.

Career Al-Tonsi's writing addresses themes of violence, rebellion, motherhood and intimacy.

Selected publications Since her first publication, works include:

A Rose for the Last Days (Merit House, Cairo, 2002) A Homeland Called Desire (Merit House, Cairo, 2005) Short History (Arab Renaissance House, Beirut, 2006) Kisses (Merit House, Cairo, 2010) Happiness (Prut, 2012) When I'm Not in the Air, Poetry (Jamal Publications, Beirut, 2014) The Book of Games (Orientals for Publishing, Cairo, 2015) Index of Fear (Dar Al-Ain Publishing, Cairo, 2018)

Reception Al-Tonsi is viewed as an important voice in the middle-generation of women poets who have published since the 1980s.

The late Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad, the star of her third work, "A Homeland Called Desire", said that Rana Al-Tonsi "carries the concerns of an orphan generation rejecting the experience of the fathers who inherited the homeland."